David Kastrup writes: > Martin Tarenskeen <m.tarensk...@zonnet.nl> writes: > >>>> The idea is that \relative { ... } (namely \relative used without an >>>> explicit reference pitch) uses the first note inside as the reference >>>> pitch. That is, if the first note happens to be written as fis'' it >>>> will sound as fis'' (absolute pitch). >> >> I wouldn't mind, if I can still use the the old syntax, which is what >> I prefer, and if the documentation clearly explains these two ways of >> usage. I think the old syntax is easier for me when I want to >> copy/paste notes. > > The only thing that works reliably for copy/paste is absolute pitch. > Relative pitch is always prone to octave errors.
In my early days with Lilypond I learned this to my cost. I've never used \relative since then. Cheers, Colin. -- Colin Hall _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user